most poignantly george herbert walker bush issued a statement from his hospital bed in houston. he said, quote, barbara and i mourn the loss of a true american patriot and one of the great military leaders of his generation. more than that, he was a good and decent man and dear friend said president bush. mike. >> two great men there, george herbert walker bush, who we wish well and hope he gets in better health today down in the hospital in texas, and general schwartzkopf as you pointed out in that piece, a truly unique military leader as well as a human being. andrea, thank you very much for joining us. >> i was going to say, bh you look at athe two leaders, whether they made all the right decisions or not and compare that to today in washington, it's more troubling and speaks better of what they did in that generation. >> yeah. gene, your thoughts on both men? >> well, my thought on general schwartzkopf is i wonder if he's not the last of a breed. he's an american general who won a pretty good-sized war and won it. that's not the way our warss end now. we axhooef objechieve o